Samsung NX300 Street Photography Score

GOOD

Samsung NX300 has a score of 61 for Street Photography which makes it a GOOD candidate for this type of photography. Samsung NX300 will satisfy most of your needs, but if you are looking for a camera that is even better suited to Street Photography, we recommend you to check the Alternative cameras at the bottom of this page. Read our detailed Samsung NX300 Review

Samsung NX300 Street Photography Detailed Analysis

Live-view

Live view lets you take photos without using the viewfinder which makes you less obstrusive and this works very well during street photography where you don't want to get people's attention.

Face-Detection Focusing

Face detection focusing mode is very helpful in the street scenes where you focus on a face, since you can concentrate on framing and other adjustments while the camera handles the focus for you.

Tilting LCD Screen

An articulated screen gives you the flexibility to shoot in non traditional positions such as waist level, which helps you to be more creative and unobtrusive in the streets.

Large APS-C (23.5 x 15.7 mm) sensor

Large sensor in Samsung NX300 ensures a good low light image quality compared to smaller sensor, and it also provide shallow depth of field and a nice blurry background when needed.

Medium sized Body

Mirrorlessbody of Samsung NX300 is a good combination of relatively small size and good handling camera, without giving the impression of a professional camera.

No Built-in Viewfinder

In the lack of a a viewfinder, holding the camera away from the body while using live view is not very stable, especially with heavy camera bodies and lenses. Besides, LCD screens are very hard to read under bright sunlight.

No Image Stabilization

Due to the lack of sensor based Image stabilization, Samsung NX300 users have to rely on lenses with optical IS in order to maximize the sharpness of their handheld street photography photos. Currently there are native Samsung NX mount lenses with Image Stabilization for Samsung NX300.